Albert Collins
A guitar legend dubbed "The Master of the Telecaster", Albert Collins' searing
electric riffs inspired the likes of Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray
Vaughan and helped define the Texas Blues sound of the 1960s and 1970s. Taught
to play by his cousin, Collins worked his way up through smokey Houston clubs,
meeting and hanging out with his heroes John Lee Hooker, Lightnin' Hopkins and
T-Bone Walker, before releasing debut single The Freeze in 1958, backed by what
would become his signature tune Collins Shuffle. His use of alternative tunings
and a unique thumb plucking tec...
